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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of presage

1 a feeling that something bad will happen

  • I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good
Synonyms of presage

foreboding, premonition, presentiment, prognostication
Words Related to presage

anticipation, foreknowledge

feel, insight, intuition

augury, omen, portent, sign

impression, suspicion

agitation, alarm (also alarum), anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, fear, misgiving, nervousness, perturbation, unease, uneasiness, worry

foresight, prescience

2 something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event

  • the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring
Synonyms of presage

augury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, omen, portent, prefiguring
Words Related to presage

forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor

foretaste, hint, inkling, intimation, suggestion

forewarning

forecast, foretelling, prediction, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy)

badge, mark, note, token

divination
Phrases Synonymous with presage

straw in the wind

presage

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of presage

to tell of or describe beforehand

  • people used to believe that a comet presaged a major event, such as the death of a king
Synonyms of presage

augur, call, forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate
Words Related to presage

alert, caution, forewarn, warn

bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

announce, declare, herald, proclaim
Near Antonyms of presage

describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

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